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B.A. in Southern Studies

Degree Requirements

The academic regulations for this degree program, as entered in the University of Mississippi Catalog, are in effect for the current or selected academic year and semester. The University of Mississippi reserves the right to 1) change or withdraw courses; 2) change rules for registration, instruction, and graduation; and 3) change other regulations affecting the student body at any time.

General Education

Requirement Hours Description
First Year Writing I 3 Complete Hon 101, Writ 100 or Writ 101 with a passing grade.
First Year Writing II 3 Complete one of the following courses with a passing grade: Liba 102, Writ 102 or Hon 102.
6 hrs literature survey 6 Complete 6 hours of literature survey with a passing grade. Choose from the following courses: Eng 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, or Eng 226.
6 hrs modern/ancient language 200+ 6 Successfully complete at least 6 hours at the 200 level or above in one modern or ancient language.
6 hrs history 6 Complete 6 hours in History (HST) course work with a passing grade.
3 hrs humanities 3 Successfully complete 3 hours in one of the following areas: African-American studies; classical civilization; environmental studies (Envs 101); gender studies (G St 201, 301, 333, 350); philosophy; religion; Southern studies (S St 101, 102). In addition, gender studies courses that are cross-listed with African American studies, classical civilization, English, modern languages, philosophy, or religion courses will satisfy this requirement.
6 hrs social science 6 Successfully complete 6 semester hours in anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, or sociology.
3 hrs fine arts 3 The course may be chosen from art history, music, dance, and theatre arts. Studio and workshop courses cannot be used to satisfy this requirement. Courses that satisfy this requirement are any Art History (AH); Liba 130, 204, 314; Mus 101, 102, 103, 104, 105; Danc 200; Thea 201, 202. Students who have completed 30 semester hours of undergraduate course work may fulfill the requirement with a 300- or 400-level art history course.
3 hrs math 100+ 3 Successfully complete 3 hours of Math at the 100 level or above except for Math 245 and Math 246.
9-12 hrs science 9 Complete a full year of science course work in one subject area (6-8 hrs) and complete 3 credit hours in a subject area from another department. Courses may be chosen from the departments of Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Geology and Geological Engineering, or Physics and Astronomy.
2 associated science labs 2 Successfully complete at least two science laboratory courses.

Major Requirements

Requirement Hours Description
S St 101 3 Complete S St 101 with a passing grade.
S St 101 and 102 3 S St 102: Introduction to Southern Studies II
S St 301 3 S St 301: Methods in Southern Studies
S St 401 3 Complete S St 401 with a passing grade.
S St 402 3 Complete S St 402 with a passing grade.
Southern studies residency hrs 12 Student must earn at least 12 hours of their major courses in residence.
Overall Major GPA Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.
Resident Major GPA Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.

Major Requirements II

Requirement Hours Description
His 327, 330, 331, 332, 337; Engl 368 6 Hst 455: History of Religion in the South, Hst 451: The South in the Twentieth Century, Hst 450: Southern History to 1900, Eng 354: Survey of Southern Literature, Hst 422: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, Hst 452: The History of Mississippi
Southern Studies electives 21 Eng 514: Studies in Faulkner, Eng 460: Faulkner, S St 597: Special Topics I, Aas 316: The African Diaspora, Anth 319: Environmental History of the South, Soc 315: Leisure and Popular Culture, Aas 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Aas 517: African American Musical Tradition, Aas 386: African and African American Arts, Aas 302: Judicial System & African Amer Community, Pol 317: Mississippi Politics, Hst 404: US- The Civil War Era, 1848-1877, Hst 455: History of Religion in the South, Anth 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, Hst 420: History of African Americans in Sports, S St 534: Documentary Photography, Eng 361: African American Lit Survey to 1920, Mus 321: Development of Country Music, S St 102: Introduction to Southern Studies II, S St 107: Intro to Gender & Sexuality in the South, S St 301: Methods in Southern Studies, Mus 518: History of Jazz, S St 314: Race, Place, and Space, S St 402: Southern Studies Seminar: Culture, Eng 314: The Cinematic South, AH 366: Hist. of Southern Art & Decorative Arts, S St 108: Music and Southern Society, Anth 315: The African Diaspora, Aas 504: Research in African American Studies, Soc 351: Social Change, Aas 414: Race, Place, and Space, Econ 453: An Economic History of the South, G St 454: Women in Southern History, Aas 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, Aas 593: African American Literature, Aas 325: African American History to 1865, Aas 201: African American Experience I, S St 106: Introduction to Southern Documentary, Eng 468: Major African American Writers, Pol 318: Politics of the American South, Aas 308: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, Aas 320: African American Politics, Aas 518: History of Jazz, S St 104: The South and Race, S St 103: Southern Mythologies and Popular Culture, S St 302: Jr Sem in South Stdies, S St 599: Special Topics III, Eng 479: Special Topics Comparative Black Lit, AH 369: Survey of Black American Art, Anth 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Aas 342: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, S St 303: Women in Southern History, Eng 357: Women in the South, Pol 307: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, S St 109: Rights and Southern Activism, S St 536: The Southern Environment, Soc 413: Race and Ethnicity, Aas 341: African American Lit Survey to 1920, S St 110: Slavery and the University, Aas 395: Survey of Black American Art, Soc 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, AH 338: Romanesque and Gothic Art, Aas 413: Race and Ethnicity, Hst 422: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, Aas 440: History of African Americans in Sports, Aas 326: African American History since 1865, S St 537: Documenting the South in Film, Aas 443: The Civil Rights Era, Hst 414: African American History to 1865, S St 533: Fieldwork & Oral History, Anth 309: Indians of Mississippi and the South, Pol 320: African American Politics, S St 501: Sem in So. Studies, Mus 577: Diasporic African Music Cultures, Eng 362: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, G St 357: Women in the South, Hst 418: African American Women’s History, Eng 354: Survey of Southern Literature, Rel 503: Major Issues in Southern Religion, S St 598: Special Topics II, S St 101: Introduction to Southern Studies I, S St 406: Southern Literature & the Oral Tradition, Aas 310: Experiences of Black Mississippians, Eng 461: Special Topics in Southern Literature, Hst 440: The Military History of the Civil War, AH 386: African and African American Arts, Aas 468: Major African American Writers, Aas 202: African American Experience II, Eng 374: Survey of Caribbean Literature, S St 350: The South and Sexuality, Hst 453: Economic History of the South, Hst 452: The History of Mississippi, Hst 415: African American History since 1865, Eng 414: Special Topics in the Cinematic South, Hst 424: The Civil Rights Era, Aas 421: Readings in U.S. Black Feminism, S St 105: Introduction to the South and Food, Eng 367: Blues Tradition in American Literature, Hst 423: History of Mass Incarceration in the US, Econ 422: Economic Growth and Development, S St 555: Foodways and Southern Culture, Aas 479: Special Topics in Comparative Black Lit, G St 418: African American Women's History, Rel 303: Religion in the South, Hst 454: Women in Southern History, S St 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Mus 517: Afri-American Musical Traditions, S St: Women in the South, S St 401: Southern Studies Seminar: Society, Eng 458: Southern Environmental Literature, Aas 438: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, S St 502: Sem in So. Studies, Jour 513: The Press and the Changing South, Anth 317: Indians on the Southern Frontier
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